Red for men.. horrendous!

So i just purchased a bottle from Marshalls and i must say ... Omg it reeks! This has a following? Wow! Tragedy! Any way i immediately returned it ! Its so mossy and has this fecal smell to it. Blech! Ok whew got that off my chest! I hope my dk fuel doesnt disappoint!

Re: Red for men.. horrendous!

Originally Posted by blacklibran1

So i just purchased a bottle from Marshalls and i must say ... Omg it reeks! This has a following? Wow! Tragedy! Any way i immediately returned it ! Its so mossy and has this fecal smell to it. Blech! Ok whew got that off my chest! I hope my dk fuel doesnt disappoint!

Maybe it is the new juice. I know when I wore it in the 80s the stuff was off the charts for me and I loved it. Haven't used it since then but women found it sexy.

"As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round."--Ben Hogan

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Originally Posted by atrac

Is it easy to return a frag to Marshalls once it has been opened and used?

I don't think it is.

But at my local Marshall's all you have to do is break open the box and spray with abandon. Then, just leave the bottle out on the kiosk shelf and try another! At least that is what I see happening often there, the used bottles and empty boxes littering the area

These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha

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OK, so this used to be a mainstay of mine in the 80s. It was spicy, musky and sexy.

Today I tried the reformulation. It was HORRIBLE. It made me gag. There was exactly ONE note that smelled like the old one. The rest was as explained above...fecal, b.o., repulsive...it overwhlemed me. They completely ruined this scent.

I'm sorry but anyone who says they are the same is wrong. I didn't wear this stuff in my teens and 20s. I would have known. It is disgusting.

"As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round."--Ben Hogan

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I am a huge fan of Red and own both older bottles from 1990 and todays version and to my nose and others their is now diffrence.

Truly a mental hang up some of you have - and means more Red or Rotten Egg for me!

My SOTD today. I agree w/the Scentimus. It's the same Red as I recall. My recollection of it can't be that off! No rotten eggs here.
Maybe this one is subject to batch variation?
I get a lot of similarity to the original Giorgio too so I can't follow those who like Giorgio but hate Red.

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Originally Posted by evogel

My SOTD today. I agree w/the Scentimus. It's the same Red as I recall. My recollection of it can't be that off! No rotten eggs here.
Maybe this one is subject to batch variation?
I get a lot of similarity to the original Giorgio too so I can't follow those who like Giorgio but hate Red.

I'm sorry. I've never been a "basher" of fragrances on here but I have to strongly disagree with both of you....sadly. They aren't even close to the same scent. When I wore this in the old days I felt like I could do anything. It was perfect for Winter and Fall. Whatever they put in the bottle I smelled today was horse crap.

There is NOTHING mental about it. I still have the old scent in my head. I still have Polo, Kouros...all those scents branded into my brain and they all smell the same to me now.....except this by a longshot.

The bad part is that this was one I would have stocked up on. While trying other scents the fecal smell so overwhelmed the side of my hand it hit I had to stop. It was sad. No wonder the original juice was fetching such high prices.

Last edited by ToughCool; 3rd September 2008 at 08:33 PM.

"As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round."--Ben Hogan

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Ah the great Red for Men debate. Some swear the new is identical to the old and others think there is no comparison! The perfumer of the new one certainly tried, but was likely dealing with a very limited budget. The original is perhaps the best masculine designer frag of all time (based upon the criteria I used to assess them). My view is that if you find the drydown of Hummer H2 very similar to Messe de Minuit EdC (second formulation), then go ahead and buy the new Red for Men. Don't stock up, though, because, like me, you may find that one day the differences become so vast that can't wear the new formulation any longer.

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"Just like I remember it... Red opens strong bitter- herbal, with a touch of sweetnes; the caraway, intensly vibrant carnation and jasmine blend very well. It transitions quickly, becoming dry and warm. The sharpness of strong geranium keeps it fresh as the subtle leather peeks through the woody base. A fantastic, bright aromatic soft-leather combo, and the current formulation really is very good."
Linden on Fragrantica put it down OK!